Display device and image display system having the same

Abstract

An image display system includes a graphic processor which generates an image signal, a control signal, and a variable frequency signal; and a display device which displays an image at a frame frequency corresponding to the variable frequency signal from the graphic processor. The display device includes pixels connected to emission control lines, data lines, and scan lines; a controller which provides reference data including information on reference cycles, which are cycles in which an emission control start signal is output, to the graphic processor, outputs the emission control start signal based on the control signal, and adjusting an output timing of a scan start signal based on the variable frequency signal; an emission driver which supplies emission control signals to the emission control lines based on the emission control start signal; and a scan driver which supplies scan signals to the scan lines based on the scan start signal.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An image display system comprising:
 a graphic processor which supplies an image signal, a control signal, and a variable frequency signal; and 
 a display device which receives the image signal, the control signal and the variable frequency signal from the graphic process, and displays an image at a frame frequency corresponding to the variable frequency signal, 
 wherein the display device comprises:
 pixels connected to emission control lines, data lines, and scan lines; 
 a controller which provides reference data including information on reference cycles, in which an emission control start signal is output, to the graphic processor, outputs the emission control start signal based on the control signal, and adjusts an output timing of a scan start signal based on the variable frequency signal; 
 an emission driver which supplies emission control signals to the emission control lines based on the emission control start signal; and 
 a scan driver which supplies scan signals to the scan lines based on the scan start signal. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The image display system of  claim 1 , wherein the control signal includes a data enable signal which separates an active period, during which the image signal is supplied, and a blank period in one frame. 
     
     
       3. The image display system of  claim 2 , wherein
 the blank period is an integer multiple of a selected one of the reference cycles, and 
 the control signal is determined based on the selected one of the reference cycles. 
 
     
     
       4. The image display system of  claim 2 , wherein a time length of the one frame is an integer multiple of a selected one of the reference cycles. 
     
     
       5. The image display system of  claim 2 , wherein the controller comprises:
 a receiver which restores a vertical synchronization signal based on the variable frequency signal; 
 a memory in which the reference data is stored; and 
 a control signal generator which selects a valid cycle corresponding to the frame frequency among the reference cycles from the reference data based on the data enable signal, and outputs the emission control start signal at the valid cycle. 
 
     
     
       6. The image display system of  claim 5 , wherein
 the active period is p times a time length of the valid cycle, wherein p is a positive integer, and 
 the blank period is q times the time length of the valid cycle, wherein q is an integer greater than or equal to 0. 
 
     
     
       7. The image display system of  claim 5 , wherein the control signal generator outputs the scan start signal in response to the vertical synchronization signal. 
     
     
       8. The image display system of  claim 5 , wherein the vertical synchronization signal and the scan start signal are output corresponding to the frame frequency. 
     
     
       9. The image display system of  claim 5 , wherein the graphic processor controls a rendering speed for processing the image signal based on the reference data. 
     
     
       10. The image display system of  claim 9 , wherein
 the graphic processor selects one of the reference cycles, and generates the control signal and the variable frequency signal based on a selected one of the reference cycles, and 
 an output frequency of the emission control signals is an integer multiple of the frame frequency determined by the variable frequency signal. 
 
     
     
       11. The image display system of  claim 10 , wherein the control signal includes information on the valid cycle and the blank period. 
     
     
       12. The image display system of  claim 5 , wherein the control signal generator detects the blank period, and determines a reference cycle corresponding to lir of a detected blank period as the valid cycle, wherein r is a positive integer. 
     
     
       13. The image display system of  claim 5 , wherein the control signal generator changes the valid cycle of the emission control start signal based on changes in the variable frequency signal and the frame frequency. 
     
     
       14. The image display system of  claim 2 , wherein when the blank period is not included in a current frame, the control signal generator outputs the emission control start signal at a valid cycle of the emission control start signal output in a previous frame, wherein the valid cycle is selected among the reference cycles from the reference data based on the data enable signal to correspond to the frame frequency. 
     
     
       15. The image display system of  claim 2 , wherein when the frame frequency is constant, the number of the emission control start signal supplied during one frame is changed based on the reference cycles. 
     
     
       16. The image display system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller further comprises:
 an image data generator which rearranges the image signal into image data and outputs the image data corresponding to the frame frequency. 
 
     
     
       17. The image display system of  claim 16 , wherein the display device further comprises:
 a data driver which converts the image data into data signals in an analog format and supplies the data signals to the data lines. 
 
     
     
       18. A display device comprising:
 pixels connected to emission control lines, data lines, and scan lines and displaying an image at a frame frequency corresponding to a variable frequency signal based on a data enable signal; 
 a controller which selects a valid cycle from reference cycles, in which an emission control start signal is output, based on the data enable signal, outputs the emission control start signal at the valid cycle, and adjusts an output timing of a scan start signal based on the variable frequency signal; 
 an emission driver which supplies emission control signals to the emission control lines based on the emission control start signal; and 
 a scan driver which supplies scan signals to the scan lines based on the scan start signal. 
 
     
     
       19. The display device of  claim 18 , wherein
 the data enable signal includes an active period, during which an image signal is supplied, and a blank period in one frame, 
 the active period is p times a time length of the valid cycle, wherein p is a positive integer, and 
 the blank period is q times the time length of the valid cycle, wherein q is an integer greater than or equal to 0.